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Organising people into subunits according to their expertise is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The way people report to one another to coordinate their efforts is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The breadth of the systems that must change within an organisation is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Change that is intentionally designed and purposefully implemented is:Read the answer and worked solution →Change that is unintentional and usually comes from informal organising is:Read the answer and worked solution →The psychologist who proposed one of the first models of change was:Read the answer and worked solution →The widely used eight-step change model that fits mechanistic structures came from:Read the answer and worked solution →The second step is to form a powerful guiding:Read the answer and worked solution →In the third phase, the manager and that group together create a:Read the answer and worked solution →The fifth step, removing obstacles, is intended to reduce:Read the answer and worked solution →The sixth step, creating small wins, works because it helps people see:Read the answer and worked solution →The seventh step, consolidating improvements, rests on the idea that small changes:Read the answer and worked solution →The bottom-up, positive, abundance-based approach to change is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The scholar who developed that positive approach at Case Western Reserve University was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the change stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the three phasesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the change gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the change wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Planned or unplannedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the eight stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Change bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Organising people into subunits according to their expertise is called:

  1. Specialisation
  2. Speculation
  3. Segmentation
  4. Simplification
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Correct answer: A. Specialisation

1. Finance and marketing are examples of such subunits. 2. Expertise decides the grouping. 3. It is specialisation. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 10, Organizational Structure and Change._

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The way people report to one another to coordinate their efforts is called:

  1. Command-and-consult
  2. Command-and-control
  3. Command-and-contract
  4. Command-and-collect
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Correct answer: B. Command-and-control

1. Reporting and oversight are covered. 2. Coordination is the purpose. 3. It is command-and-control. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 10, Organizational Structure and Change._

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The breadth of the systems that must change within an organisation is called the:

  1. Length of change
  2. Licence of change
  3. Level of change
  4. Ledger of change
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Correct answer: C. Level of change

1. Individual-level change is the narrowest. 2. Wider systems sit above it. 3. It is the level of change. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 10, Organizational Structure and Change._

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